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A donkey teaching the
Scriptures to the bishops.
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The pope as a fox.
And the abbot as a monkey.
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He really had a daring talent
for comic images.
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I trust my words didn't
offend you brother William...
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but I heard the persons laughing
at laughable things.
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You, Franciscans, however,
belong to an Order...
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where merriment is viewed
with indulgence.
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Yes, it's true. Saint Francis
was much disposed to laughter.
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Laughter is a devillish wind which
deforms the lineaments of the face...
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and makes men look
like monkeys.
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Monkeys do not laugh.
Laughter is particular to man.
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As a sin.
Christ never laughed.
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Can we be so sure?
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There is nothing in the
Scriptures to say that He did.
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And there's nothing there
to say that He did not.
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Even the saints have been known
to employ comedy...
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to ridicule the enemies
of the faith.
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For example, when the
pagans plunged Saint Maurus...
:33:43
into the boiling water,
he complained...
:33:44
that his bath was cold.
The Sultan put his hand in...
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- and scalded himself.
- A saint...
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immersed in boiling water
does not play childish tricks.
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He restrains his cries
and suffers for the truth.